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  1. darylm

    The Dirty South Roubaix 2025 Post!

    Saw you on the Youtube video! 👏
  2. darylm

    The Tunnel Hill State Trail : Surface question

    I have submitted a pretty large set of changes to OpenStreetMap to add "compacted" or "unpaved" to everything not listed as paved (like Harrisburg). This should make it so that mapping apps like RideWithGPS properly list the trail as "unpaved". Hopefully I'll remember to post when I'm down for...
  3. darylm

    The Tunnel Hill State Trail : Surface question

    @Rom And I found his excellent TH trail web page with the very nice Google Map. I'm currently in discussion with RWGPS on how they map OSM over. The OSM data for TH is largely marked as "crushed_limestone" which is technically correct but a rarely used tag and doesn't map well to to "paved"...
  4. darylm

    The Tunnel Hill State Trail : Surface question

    P.S. Here is the current DRAFT collection. Lots more to do! Ride with GPS | Bike Route Planner and Cycling Navigation App
  5. darylm

    The Tunnel Hill State Trail : Surface question

    Greetings all, I'm currently working on a (volunteer) project for Ride Illinois to curate and enhance their various "Route Guide" routes into a set of RideWithGPS collections. I've ridden the southern part from the wetlands center north and my (faulty?) memory is there is limestone surface...
  6. darylm

    First Cycling Photo of the Year

    I got my wife to ride my old trainer using the (free) MyWhoosh app!
  7. darylm

    Winter Bike Rebuilds

    I'm having our local bike shop change my gravel bike from a not-very-good climbing 2X to a SRAM 12speed 1X electronic shifting with a 38 front and 44 rear. I'm tired of grinding up those steep hills......
  8. darylm

    How many miles in 2024?

    About 4150 miles, with about 1400 of that on the indoor trainer (Zwift and Rouvy)
  9. darylm

    Custom Cycling Kits

    Find a supplier that will set you up with a special order site where someone can just order one. Discounts are for orders of many items on the initial run. Watch out for surprises. In our last club order we discovered that although sizes were all included under the volume discount umbrella...
  10. darylm

    Is Southern Illinois missing out on organized rides?

    Both sentiments are (not surprisingly) correct within their perspectives. Organized rides are not very successful with people who are already normally riding the same roads. You must have good participation from folks from farther afield. (like me ;)) However, having local riders...
  11. darylm

    Car Radars

    Lost track of your question :rolleyes: I have the Garmin Varia (no camera) The new Trek "CarBack" is getting decent reviews at the same retail price. If you are patient you can typically find the Varia on sale a couple times a year for $150. A club member has the CYCLIQ radar and likes it...
  12. darylm

    Do you ever get discouraged as a road cyclist?

    A little, but not enough to stop. At home (Naperville) I know the roads really well as to traffic loads and times of day. Also, we have club rides where I always feel a bit more visible with a group of people and lots of flashing red rear lights! ;) I do tend to be a lot less comfortable in...
  13. darylm

    Car Radars

    I love my radar. @Rom is quite correct that is will not do *much* for not being hit by a distracted rider, but there are other advantages such as seeing the count of cars behind me before making a left turn. I can keep track of traffic, slowing or speeding up as necessary, and time my actual...
  14. darylm

    Electronic everything...

    No manufacturer (that I know of) yet has battery powered braking. AXS is hydraulic. Be careful @Shawn Gossman! My wife had a nasty crash 3 weeks before RAGBRAI because she panic braked just as the front wheel hit some leaves.
  15. darylm

    Metric Century (100km) or Full Century Ride (100 miles)

    I poorly worded that, I mean Strava "events". There is Southern Illinois Cyclists Carbondale, Southern Illinois Bicycling Du Quion, and Southern Illinois Bicycling Carbondale on Strava!
  16. darylm

    Metric Century (100km) or Full Century Ride (100 miles)

    If you want to get better engagement, at least occasionally, I'd recommend posting such a ride to Strava. It might even be cool to have a "Bike Southern Illinois" Strava club (it's free!)
  17. darylm

    Bike Insurance

    By that I assume you mean insurance on the physical bicycle hardware. I do not. Something that would do catastrophic damage to the bike means the bike would be the least of my worries........
  18. darylm

    Metric Century (100km) or Full Century Ride (100 miles)

    Definitely do a metric century first if you have never done one. My legs were total rubber after my first but after a couple years of training and experience I can do a gravel imperial century (i.e. Unbound) with not much difficulty
  19. darylm

    What have you done to upgrade your bike?

    Flats? ;) Be careful of crank based power meters. Some are pretty good (Quarq) and some are very inaccurate (Shimano). I'll reinforce the idea of using GPLama and DCRaiinmaker reviews to help making decisions.
  20. darylm

    What have you done to upgrade your bike?

    I agree. I use a road bike power meter for being a nerd :sneaky: and for improving my training. I am impatiently awaiting new stock for the brand new Assioma power meter pedals for SPD cleats for the gravel bike. I have a set on my road bike (Look Keo compatible) and very much geek out on...
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